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MACHINE FOR UNLOADING GARS.

Patented Aug. 22,v 1882.

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MACHINE FOR UNLOADING GARS.

No. 263,202.l Patented Aug. 22, 1882.

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UNITED STATES .ATENT EEICE.

JAMES H. NORTON, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

MACHINE FOR LOADING CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,202, dated August 22, 1882. Appncanon nien Jury 5, 18821 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern o 'Be it known that I J AMES HUDsON NORTON, a resident of the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Loading Cars, 85o.; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and

. correct description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this' specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved laborsaving machine, which is more especially intended for use in the loading of railf roadcars with iron rails. It can, however, be

employed for transferring sticks of timber and other lengthy material to raised or elevated platforms. The construction of its parts and the arrangement ofthe same is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, where-on the i These trusses are arranged in pairs, with suffrcient space between each for the free operation therein of a pair of chain-wheels and carrier-chain, as hereinafter described. JournalboXes c d are connected with the upper end oi' the trusses, and with one of the lower ends thereof, so as to provide bearings for horizontal shafts e f, which operate therein. These shafts are made in sections and `joined by couplings, as at g h, so that the same can be'extended to as many trusses as may be desired, thereby permitting of the loading of one or more cars at the one time. The upper shaft is provided with a driving-pulley, I, to which power is applied in any desired manner. As before mentioned, theshaits are each furnished with chain-wheels, as at 7c l, over which the carrying-chains .n operate. These chains are provided at certaindistances apart with spurs m, against which the material rests while beingmoved up the inclined pieces a. The upper surfaces of these pieces a are faced with metal, so that both friction and wear may be diminished thereby. The trusses are connected with one another, so as to insure rigidity, by braces n o, the ends of which are bolted or otherwise secured to the under sides of the inclined pieces c', so that they can be separated when the machine is to be taken apart for removal or storing. The lower ends of the pieces a' ofthe outer trusses are made somewhat wider than the balance thereof, and with. concave iron-faced surface a, so as to hold one end of a rail while the other is being swung around over the inner trusses.

The 'letter P represents a dat car or platform, upon which the rails are delivered from the top of the trusses over slides R, t-he upper ends of which are recessed on their under sides and provided with journal-boxes t, of larger diameter than the shaft on which it is fitted, so as to hold the said end in its uppermost position. rlhe opposite ends of the slides rest on the platform, thus forming an incline down which the'rails are slid. From the manner in which these slides R are connected with the balance of the machinery it will be seen that they adapt themselves to the different heights of platforms.

The lower ends of the trusses may be provided with foot-pieces, as atu o, or the said ends can be nishedso as to rest on any kind of foundation. y

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A machine for loading cars, the same consisting of trusses A, arranged in pairs and connected by braces a o, said trusses provided withjournal-beariugs to receive the operatingshai'ts cf, on which are secured chain-wheels It l for operating chains x, that are furnished with spurs m, as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The trusses A'y and braces n o, whereby a frame of any desired length can be made, said frame provided with shafts e f, having coup- 1in gs gh, as described, and furnished with chainwheels and spur-chain, together with slides R, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a machine for loading railroad-cars, constructed as described, the concave surfaces a2, formed at the lower ends ofthe outer trussesl for the purpose set forth.

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JAMES HUDSON NORTON.

In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my 

